Need advice on supplements - Alternative Medicine Message Board

Yikes777 · 10-28-2005, 07:14 AM

Hi all!

I have posted on several boards while trying to heal myself from some issues that have not been taken care of via traditional medicine.

I have been sick for several months and off work since May on medical leave which runs out in a few weeks. I have seen many Doctors and a few Chiropractors with limited results.

I had developed vertigo, sinus/ear pressure and drainage. I have also been having trouble with severe fatigue and weekness/ numbness in my legs and feet. My right side is worse than my left. Also low back pain which was not supported by Cts and MRIs. After months of testing, the bad things have been ruled out. I also get occasional twitching in my extremities. My shoulders are sore, worse upon waking. Oh, and as a result I have been having fun with anxiety/depression from all of this, but it has become more tolerable over the past few mos.

I am going through TMJ treatment and recently had a sleep study which told me what the Dentist has been thinking since the beginning. The sleep study suggested that my legs and shoulders, and probably my jaw are in discomfort as a result of a problem in my lower back. This is causing them to think I'm sleeping, but not well. It is not really "restless legs" but something in my L-spine causing this. The TMJ treatment is supposed to help with my sinuses, as they are all related.

I was told to load up on B complex, magnesium/calcium as well as fish oil. After reading some and looking at the boards it makes sense to me, but don't want to make a toxic cocktail of supplements LOL. And am looking for advice from those who have "been thre, done that" to see how you feel about these things.

The multi that my Chiro has given me to try has 2 tabs containing a total of:
350 mg calcium
175 mg magnesium
25 mg ea. of thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin and B12
2 mg of B6 along with a probiotic and digestive enzyme

With one fish oil gel 1000 mg
All made by Good Living Labs.

He told me to add a supplement of 500 mg calcium 250 phosphorus and 250 mg magnesium.

I hate to bother everyone with this, but am running out of options and this is starting to make sense. The calcium/magnesium is supposed to make the back/ legs better? And the fish oil and B's are supposed to help me with my mood? I'm not sure if this mixture will help or hurt my sleep. Of if this is the right path.

I have never been a big supplement guy, and have taken Flinstone's as my vitamin.

I have just started seeing this Chiropractor, and have not built the trust factor.

The folks on these boards have been lifesavers and am hoping to get some good advice here as well.

Thanks in advance!!

Jack

Darby01 · 10-28-2005, 09:03 AM

I wouldn't go to a regular chiropracter. Find one that also does kiniesology. I go to a chiropracter that does adjustments but he mostly does kiniesology.
I had a BAD year with all sorts of problems. Mostly stomach related. Knock-on-wood, I'm feeling pretty darn good right now.
I was taking quite a few supplements through my "healing" year. But he tested me thru the kiniesology technique to see what my body actually needed and i personally think that's the key.
You can take stuff but if your body doesn't need them, then its a waste.
My Dr. (Dr. Morgan) uses Dr. Brimhall's techniques. Dr. Brimhall lives in Arizona and I know he has many, many Dr.'s around the country using his stuff.
My last problem was a sharp pain on the left side of my temple, kind of behind my eye. It was kind of scary because I had never had anything like that before. I went into the eye Dr. and he said that I had more pressure in that eye but didn't say much about it.
I went to Dr. Morgan and he found thru kiniesology that it was an eye infection. He did some adjustments to the cranials and gave me a supplement for the eyes. It's gone now and my eye feels normal once again.
Try doing a search for Dr. Brimhall in Arizona and see if you can't find someone in your area that is similar. OR, I can help you by asking Dr. Morgan for some references for you in your area.
Darby

Howitt44 · 10-28-2005, 01:56 PM

Darby,
I am thinking of going back to a chiroprator in my home town that also practices kiniesology for my allergies. I am allergic to my dogs and I WILL not get rid of them. I have developed asthma over the years also. I know that insurance will not pay for any of the treatments, but my husband is still willing to let me try it if I can talk to people who have been helped by kiniesology. What about allergies, do you th ink it will help?
Cindy

sneezydiva · 10-28-2005, 04:25 PM

All those supplements sound fine. You are well within the RDA with those vitamins, and even if you continue to take your Flintstones vitamin, you will still be well below the safe upper limit. Just space them apart, so they absorb and don't just get excreted out of the body.

Have you been evaluated for allergies and/or sinusitis?

Darby01 · 10-29-2005, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Howitt44

Darby,
I am thinking of going back to a chiroprator in my home town that also practices kiniesology for my allergies. I am allergic to my dogs and I WILL not get rid of them. I have developed asthma over the years also. I know that insurance will not pay for any of the treatments, but my husband is still willing to let me try it if I can talk to people who have been helped by kiniesology. What about allergies, do you th ink it will help?
Cindy

Are you sure your insurance won't cover it? My wellness Dr. just bills the insurance company as a chiropractic adjustment. We have Altius as an insurance and last year we had blue cross and they pay for everything except supplements.
I just went thru a 60 day wellness program (a Brimhall technique) and Dr. Morgan desensitized me against just about everything. I couldn't even begin to explain the desensitization technique by typing it. But it doesn't take much and all I had to do on my part is stay away from the source that he was working on such as animal hair or wheat for 25 hours. And it's supposed to last a life time.
So, depending on what technique they are using, it should cover all allergies.